Report: Bears to hire Bill Lazor as offensive coordinator

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Bears are hiring Bill Lazor to fill the post. Mark Helfrich was relieved of his duties after the 2019 season.

Lazor was out of the NFL in 2019 after being fired as the Bengals offensive coordinator after the 2018 season. Lazor served as the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator in 2014 and 2015 and had stints as a quarterbacks coach for several teams.

Lazor called the plays with the Bengals, but head coach Matt Nagy has handled the offensive playcalling in Chicago and there’s no sign that he’ll be giving it up. That could lead to Lazor working more closely with quarterback Mitch Trubisky in what’s shaping up as a pivotal season for the 2017 first-round pick.

People rail against the Rooney Rule because they think hiring should be based on merit, performance, experience, skill, or ability — even though the Rooney Rule doesn’t force teams to hire anyone. Then, in the past week alone, you’ve seen instance after instance like Bill Lazor where it’s clear teams aren’t hiring based on these criteria, anyhow.

So Lazor gets to try to make Trubisky into an actual NFL QB. Good luck with that. I’ve watched every game Trubisky has played for the last two years, and I don’t believe it’s possible for the guy to become a real pro QB. He’s just too inconsistent and can’t elevate his game. He’s got the physical tools, but his mental makeup simply won’t allow him to progress. Lazor has his work cut out for him, and I expect him to fail.

I don’t know how well they got along, but this makes me wonder if the Bears will try to acquire Dalton from the Bengals and that’s why they brought Lazor in. If they got along well, it might make some sense. Knowing Pace, Nagy and the Bears though, Dalton thinks Lazor is a stooge and he just crossed the Bears off his list of potential trade destinations.

Year after year my wife asks me why I am so passionate about a team that is perennially disappointing and doesn’t seem to care about building a consistent winner.. This is the kind of hire that makes me wonder if she’s right. =(

He was awful in Miami. And I still can’t figure out how Zac Taylor got a HC job when just a couple years ago he was the Miami QB coach and the only reason he had that job was he was Mike Sherman’s son in law.

And the Chicago downward spiral continues.
Move after uninspiring move.
If Nagy is actually the playcaller why did he fire the OC?
Ans.: Another scapegoat to save his own failed performance.
This all will not end well, but enjoy 2020 and battling Detroit for last place.

This was likely the only guy that would come to Chicago. Everyone knows that Nagy and Pace will be fired after another horrible year next year. Not to mention, who would want to run an offense with Trubustsky, the guy has no accuracy.